MATCH THREAD ' SPURS V CARDIFF CITY ' MATCH THREAD

Tottenham Hotspur v Cardiff City

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Cardiff City :


Despite Cardiff's perilous league position and ahead of a difficult trip to fifth placed Spurs on Sunday, Bellamy says manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer remains positive.
"The way he goes about it, I quite like and admire as well," Bellamy said.
"It's a completely different style to the previous manager but he's got his own stamp on things and he's got his own view on football.
"I had a lot of respect for him as a player and he's come into a difficult situation.
"But he's positive and wants us all to keep believing and to show our character. This is a real test, for all of us."


Mark Hudson is out of the game and the remainder of the season.

Peter Whittingham has overcome his recent injury and City are likely to see the return of Gary Medel, Jordon Mutch to the starting 11, as well as Craig Belkamy who has served his three match suspension.

Tottenham :

TEAM NEWS

Tottenham midfielder Sandro could make his first league appearance under Tim Sherwood after returning from a two-month absence with a calf injury against Dnipro on Thursday.
Kyle Walker has recovered from a hip problem but Vlad Chiriches and Erik Lamela remained sidelined.

Spurs have failed to win six of their nine matches following a European outing this season.

Kyle Walker, who continues to struggle with a hip problem, as well as Danny Rose and Etienne Capoue who picked up injuries in Sunday's defeat at Norwich City, are all facing a race against time to make it for Sundays game.

Younes Kaboul (calf), Gylfi Sigurdsson (thigh), Erik Lamela and Vlad Chiriches (both back) all remain sidelined for Sherwood's side.

But in a rare piece of good news for Spurs boss Tim Sherwood, Sandro has been given the green light to play for the first time since mid-December.





Possible Spurs team:-

Sandro if now fit after 2 months out.

Possible City team:-

Daehli may start ahead of Wilf or Bellers.

Last 5 meetings:-
21 Jan 1978----Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Cardiff City----League Division Two
01 Oct 2002----Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Cardiff City----Worthington Cup
07 Jan 2007----Cardiff City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur----FA Cup
17 Jan 2007----Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Cardiff City----FA Cup
22 Sep 2013----Cardiff City 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur----Premier League

Fact:-
The last time City won away at Spurs was a 0-2 win on March 6th, 1954.

Prediction:-
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Cardiff City

Cheers Super Kev

I going up for this... I really hope we can bring back a win!!

Prediction: 0-8

Prediction: 0-8

Imagine the odds lol

Cheers Super Kev

Big match stats:
Tottenham have conceded fewer headed goals than any other team in the Barclays Premier League this season (1).
Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored seven Barclays Premier League goals against Spurs, his joint-highest tally against any opponent in the competition.
32% of the goals Cardiff City have scored have been from headers, the highest proportion of any team in the top flight this season.
Cardiff have failed to score in five of their last six meetings with Tottenham in all competitions.

Cardiff City have fired in fewer shots on target than any other team in the top flight this season (84).
The Bluebirds have failed to score in more games than any other team in the Premier League this season (15), including the last three in a row.
Former Spurs defender Steven Caulker has blocked more opposition shots than any other player in the Premier League this season (38).
Cardiff City have yet to win or concede a penalty in the Premier League this season – the only side yet to do so.
Emmanuel Adebayor has scored just once at White Hart Lane in the Premier League this season, with seven (88%) of his eight PL goals this term coming away from home.
David Marshall has made more saves than any other goalkeeper in the Premier League (106).


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I've already stated singing, 'Cos Tottenham's A Shitehole, I Wanna Go Home'. And just for safety, I've got a brand new military grade stab-proof vest emblazoned with 'You'll Always Be The Yids' on the back. Bought it off the Palestinian EBay Site earlier this week. Bargain. Wish me luck.

Tottenham have picked up 10 pts from their 9 games after europa league games - to date

Spurs lost 1 - 5 home to man.city this year, thei defence was shit then.

Super Kev - I like it how you always pick yourself most weeks...



Can't see Medel playing just yet though. I was under the impression he'd be flying out to the Chile squad next week...

Could this be the shock result of the season? Hmm who knows football is a funny old game

Spurs home record is worse than their away record.

They have won less 50% of their home games.

Teams with a lot of offensive power cause Spurs all sorts of problems.

Teams who play a strong team defence with a good work ethic (like Hull), can get results.

We have the capabilities to get a result, a lot depends on our game plan.

Ole and his backroom staff will have analysed Spurs and how to get a result. It's up to Ole to pass that onto the players and the players to execute that game plan.

Could this be the shock result of the season? Hmm who knows football is a funny old game

Let's hope annis in the 7 aways I have been to this season I haven't even seen a goal from Cardiff let alone a win!

Could this be the shock result of the season? Hmm who knows football is a funny old game

Let's hope annis in the 7 aways I have been to this season I haven't even seen a goal from Cardiff let alone a win!

It's now or never Danny,u really never know, big fingers crossed

As mentioned, our form post Europa is pretty dire so it could be a tight encounter.

Looking forward to the match though.

I hope you chaps get your return to Blue shirts. If any Spurs owner made us wear red i would be devastated.

http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Tottenham_Hotspur_v_Cardiff_City_Match_History.html

Now is the time to pull ahead in the table; west brom and Sunderland postponed and Sunderland still have a game to play away at the Etihad - if we can get 3 tomorrow (huge ask I know) then we could see ourselves sitting favourably for a while. Getting to 17th is key, then we can work everything else out as we go along.

Got a weird feeling we are going to win this game. Some of my predictions have come right!

Not sure why, part of me thinks this is where we turn it around.

Got a weird feeling we are going to win this game. Some of my predictions have come right!

Not sure why, part of me thinks this is where we turn it around.

I've got a weirdly good feeling about this one too. No pressure. Watch us go and flipping win.

I've just get €50 Euros City to win 10/1 Mallo has bet €100 at 10/1 in Cheers Bar

I've just get €50 Euros City to win 10/1 Mallo has bet €100 at 10/1 in Cheers Bar

You never know...

Sorry, but you lose 99/100 of games like this.

Sorry, but you lose 99/100 of games like this.

Yep so this could be that 1/100

http://threeandin.com/archives/36045?

I've just get €50 Euros City to win 10/1 Mallo has bet €100 at 10/1 in Cheers Bar

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I've just get €50 Euros City to win 10/1 Mallo has bet €100 at 10/1 in Cheers Bar

U just never know, we might just pull of a shock, we have to if we are to stay up.

Gk - Marshall
D - Catherine
D - Caulker
D - Cala
D - Fabio
M - Zaha
M - Medel
M - Mutch
M - Noone
F - Bellamy
F - Jones

Thats what livescore have said the team is

01 Marshall Today's team.
35 Fabio
42 John
08 Medel
04 Caulker
06 Turner
39 Bellamy
17 Gunnarsson
10 Campbell
27 Torres Ruiz
13 Kim

Substitutes
09 Jones
18 Mutch
19 Cowie
28 Théophile-Catherine
29 Daehli
32 Lewis
36 Zaha

Anyone got a link?.

Edit. No wonder the streams aren't working yet, it hasn't kicked off.